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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, January 28, 1862

One of the Missouri boys who enlisted in our company while
at Jefferson City asked me to go with him to spend the evening with a family
about two miles out, where there were three or four young ladies. One of the
young women was his best girl and he wished to bid her goodby before we left
for the South. He assured me that we would have plenty of good things to eat
and that there would be no danger, and so I finally decided that it would be
safe to go. We had a very enjoyable time and about midnight started for our
quarters, running all the way.1

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1Wearrived safely at our
quarters, but I made up my mind never again to take such a trip while in the
enemy’s country. — A. G. D.